Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

El hombre no puede descubrir nuevos océanos a menos que tenga el coraje de perder de vista la costa.

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

so aptly put it, “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” This is about believing that we live in a loving, kind and abundant Universe instead of one that’s petty, mean, and likes other people more than it likes you. This is about your faith being greater than your fear.

Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.

To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it,

Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with wonder and curiosity, compounded with an unconscious recognition of his lineage. He could not physically re-enter the ocean as the seals and whales had done. But over the centuries, with all the skill and ingenuity and reasoning powers of his mind, he has sought to explore and investigate even its most remote parts, so that he might re-enter it mentally and imaginatively.

We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time.

Those who did not know the ocean well forgot its solidity, its brutality.

No se puede cruzar el océano limitándose a mirar el agua. RABINDRANATH TAGORE

You can have the courage to climb the mountain, swim the lakes, go on a raft to the other side of the Atlantic or Pacific. That any fool can do, but the courage to be on your own, to stand on your two solid feet, is something which cannot be given by somebody.